黛

黛

黛 U+9EDB, 黛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EDB ← 黚 [U+9EDA] CJK Unified Ideographs 黜 → [U+9EDC]

Translingual

Han character

黛 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+5, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人心田土火 (OPWGF), four-corner 2333₁, composition ⿱代黑)

References

• KangXi: page 1519, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48075
• Dae Jaweon: page 2053, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4747, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9EDB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		黛
alternative forms		黱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
戴	*ʔl'ɯːɡs
襶	*tɯːɡs
貸	*l̥ʰɯːɡs
代	*l'ɯːɡs
袋	*l'ɯːɡs
岱	*l'ɯːɡs
黛	*l'ɯːɡs
玳	*l'ɯːɡs
帒	*l'ɯːɡs
甙	*l'ɯːɡs
酨	*l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs
試	*hljɯɡs
弒	*hljɯɡs
忒	*l̥ʰɯːɡ
貣	*l̥ʰɯːɡ, *l'ɯːɡ
鴏	*l'ɯːɡ
栻	*l̥ʰɯɡ, *hljɯɡ
侙	*l̥ʰɯɡ
恜	*l̥ʰɯɡ
式	*hljɯɡ
軾	*hljɯɡ
拭	*hljɯɡ
鉽	*hljɯɡ
烒	*hljɯɡ
弋	*lɯɡ
芅	*lɯɡ
黓	*lɯɡ
隿	*lɯɡ
杙	*lɯɡ
釴	*lɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'ɯːɡs) : phonetic 代 (OC *l'ɯːɡs) + semantic 黑 (“black”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dài (dai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dài
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴
    • Yale: dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day
    • Palladius: дай (daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶
    • Yale: doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi
    • Tâi-lô: tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /dʌi^H/

Rime
Character	黛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒耐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/dəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəjH/
Li Rong	/dᴀiH/
Wang Li	/dɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	doi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黛
Reading #	1/1
No.	14966
Phonetic component	弋
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	代
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːɡs/
Notes	見楚辭大招

Definitions

黛

1. (historical) a dark pigment used by women in ancient times to paint their eyebrows
2. black
3. women's eyebrows

Compounds

描黛 林黛玉 眉黛 (méidài) 石黛 (shídài) 粉白黛黑 粉黛 (fěndài) 翠黛 螺子黛 螺黛 青黛 (qīngdài)

黛安娜 (Dài'ānnà) 黛玉葬花 黛眉 黛蛾 黛螺 黛鬟 黛黑 妝嫫費黛／妆嫫费黛 (zhuāngmófèidài) 斂黛／敛黛 畫黛彎蛾／画黛弯蛾

碧藍如黛／碧蓝如黛 粉白黛綠／粉白黛绿 綺羅粉黛／绮罗粉黛 遠山黛／远山黛 鉛黛／铅黛 銅黛／铜黛 黛樹／黛树 黛粉葉／黛粉叶 黛綠年華／黛绿年华

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Japanese

Shinjitai	黛
Kyūjitai [1]	黛󠄁 黛+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	黛󠄃 黛+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

黛

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: だい (dai)
• Kan-on: たい (tai)
• Kun: まゆかき (mayukaki, 黛); まゆずみ (mayuzumi, 黛); まよがき (mayogaki, 黛)
• Nanori: まゆずみ (mayuzumi)

Noun

黛(まゆずみ) • (mayuzumi) 

1. eyebrow pencil

Alternative forms

• 眉墨

Proper noun

黛(まゆずみ) • (Mayuzumi) 

1. a surname

References

1. “黛”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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Korean

Hanja

黛 • (dae) (hangeul 대, revised dae, McCune–Reischauer tae, Yale tay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

黛: Hán Nôm readings: đại

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